Wow, what a busy week this turned out to be for me. I had the usual small meetings but then BAM, I got hit with so many other things. Let me see ... I had a charity luncheon on Thursday and then on Friday had a small holiday party with all the west coasters for the company. On Saturday I helped give out toys and other goodies to all the neighborhood kids at the Boys and Girls Club of Boyle Heights (downtown LA area) and finally Sunday I helped at a Variety Children's Charity golf tournament that raised funds for scholarships at the Boys and Girls Club. I am pooped! That is a lot of extra early mornings for me and on top of all that, suppose to be raining all this week and freezing (well, freezing for Southern California at least). Weekly Update:
Last Monday was the Walt Disney Company holiday party for cast, crew and families down at Disneyland. It was a fun time and it was nice not having to wait hours in lines for the various rides. Lots of discounts on everything which was cool ... and bad at the same time! Finally got on the new Nemo ride which was was old submarine ride which I use to love. The Nemo Adventure was pretty fun, really interesting how they did the image screens for the animation. The event itself was kicked off by Robert Iger who is the current President of the Walt Disney Company (yes, the WHOLE company). I had to go up and try to get a pic with him and ... success!
At the movies:
The day the box office stood still as the #1 spot goes to The Day the Earth Stood Still with only 31 million to open. Considering the magnitude of this film, that is a really bad number to open with as it will struggle to break that 100 mil mark which it will need badly! In at #2 is "Four Christmases" with an extra 13.3 mil and quickly making its way to 100 mil. Hanging in to #3 is "Twilight" with another 8 mil as it finally reaches the 150 mil cume mark. Also hanging in there at #4 is "Bolt" with another 7.5 mil. Rounding off the top 5 is "Australia" with 4.3 mil more and close to being finished.
New movies that did not make the top 5: Showing up at the #7 spot is Nothing Like the Holidays with only 3.5 mil in its debut. A major flop this weekend at #15 is Delgo with only 915k ... not even a mil for a wide release title ... wow, now that is pretty sad. It probably cost over 1 mil to make the film prints alone!
Quote of the week:
"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours." - Harry Truman
Other News:
On Thursday the famous and even seen as notorious Bettie Page passed away
after suffering a heart attack last week. She was a pin-up legend through the 50's as "She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality." her agent, Mark Roesler said. Her photos then and even today have become classic "Page" photos and continue to capture the hearts and imagination of men and women, boys and girls. I think her images are timeless and have spun into cult classics not just in photography but fashion and hairstyle. She was an icon for that and this generation ... hopefully will continue to be so. She was 85.
In other sad news, legendary actor Van Johnson passed away last Friday in Nyack, New York. The name may elude many but he was from the golden age of films starring in such films as "The Caine Mutiny," "A Guy Named Joe," and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" to name only a few. He was in one of my favorite movies of all the time, "Go For Broke!" where he was the lead actor re-telling the story of the Japanese-American unit the 244th during World War II. To be honest, I thought he had passed a long time ago and now I am sad to hear he just passed. Johnson was 92.
Facts & Tips:
Giraffes have no vocal chords.
"Well, I've been thinkin' about it. We'll just have to be here around sunup so we can catch the fire chief real early. And I'll just say to him, "Mister Jones, Sir, we wanna buy The Phantom and her filly Misty."" - David Ladd as Paul Beebe in "Misty."
Last Monday was the Walt Disney Company holiday party for cast, crew and families down at Disneyland. It was a fun time and it was nice not having to wait hours in lines for the various rides. Lots of discounts on everything which was cool ... and bad at the same time! Finally got on the new Nemo ride which was was old submarine ride which I use to love. The Nemo Adventure was pretty fun, really interesting how they did the image screens for the animation. The event itself was kicked off by Robert Iger who is the current President of the Walt Disney Company (yes, the WHOLE company). I had to go up and try to get a pic with him and ... success!
At the movies:
The day the box office stood still as the #1 spot goes to The Day the Earth Stood Still with only 31 million to open. Considering the magnitude of this film, that is a really bad number to open with as it will struggle to break that 100 mil mark which it will need badly! In at #2 is "Four Christmases" with an extra 13.3 mil and quickly making its way to 100 mil. Hanging in to #3 is "Twilight" with another 8 mil as it finally reaches the 150 mil cume mark. Also hanging in there at #4 is "Bolt" with another 7.5 mil. Rounding off the top 5 is "Australia" with 4.3 mil more and close to being finished.
New movies that did not make the top 5: Showing up at the #7 spot is Nothing Like the Holidays with only 3.5 mil in its debut. A major flop this weekend at #15 is Delgo with only 915k ... not even a mil for a wide release title ... wow, now that is pretty sad. It probably cost over 1 mil to make the film prints alone!
Quote of the week:
"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours." - Harry Truman
Other News:On Thursday the famous and even seen as notorious Bettie Page passed away
after suffering a heart attack last week. She was a pin-up legend through the 50's as "She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality." her agent, Mark Roesler said. Her photos then and even today have become classic "Page" photos and continue to capture the hearts and imagination of men and women, boys and girls. I think her images are timeless and have spun into cult classics not just in photography but fashion and hairstyle. She was an icon for that and this generation ... hopefully will continue to be so. She was 85.
In other sad news, legendary actor Van Johnson passed away last Friday in Nyack, New York. The name may elude many but he was from the golden age of films starring in such films as "The Caine Mutiny," "A Guy Named Joe," and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" to name only a few. He was in one of my favorite movies of all the time, "Go For Broke!" where he was the lead actor re-telling the story of the Japanese-American unit the 244th during World War II. To be honest, I thought he had passed a long time ago and now I am sad to hear he just passed. Johnson was 92.
Facts & Tips:Giraffes have no vocal chords.
"Well, I've been thinkin' about it. We'll just have to be here around sunup so we can catch the fire chief real early. And I'll just say to him, "Mister Jones, Sir, we wanna buy The Phantom and her filly Misty."" - David Ladd as Paul Beebe in "Misty."
posted by McDuck @ 00:04
1 Comments:
It is that busy time of year...something I never am sorry to see leave but the wonderful things that accompany the business I will miss (decorations, food, presents, anticipation...).
I'm jealous to hear about your D-land adventure. I have been wanting to return very badly. Hopefully someday soon!
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